Jag Nagra, the creative director of the Punjabi Market Regeneration Collective, says the group wanted to design a self-guided tour where visitors can take their time and pop into a shop for a meal or chat with the store owners.
The tour features artists, shop owners and other people from the neighbourhood talking about the history of the market, what it’s like today, and what they hope for the future.
Sucha Singh Claire immigrated to Vancouver in October 1969 and opened Shan Sarees and Drapery on May 31, 1970 with his wife Harbans Kaur Claire.
“Growing up here as a Canadian, a lot of time you didn’t see the representation in stores …
“I got a phone call around 11 that there is a fire …
“Next day, my landlord came, Mr. Kwan.